What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Planner position at Bison Transport USA?
BISON Transport USA is currently looking for a Regional Planner to join its team!
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday - Saturday (with alternating Wednesdays) 06:00-18:00
The Regional Planner is accountable for coordinating loads, trucks, and trailers to satisfy the needs of clients, drivers, and the company. A key role of the Regional Planner is to accurately predict availability and potential of assets in the best interest of the company. They must solve problems, realize opportunities, and communicate in a thorough and timely fashion with all coworkers.
1) Planning:
- Booking freight and communicating with customers.
- Establish resource availability through analysis of the drivers, tractors and trailers in their region and interpret what restrictions and opportunities they present. The Regional Planner must take all relevant factors into consideration, from individual driver requirements, equipment restrictions and overall balance issues.
- Establish and forecast customer needs and demands. Accounts will involve monitoring, forecasting and servicing the clients' needs on a regular basis. The Load Planner is expected to have a thorough understanding of the priority of a given client, their volumes, cycles, flexibility, urgency and additional opportunities they may hold.
- Assemble the overall strategy by taking all relevant information, developing a plan and communicating it in an effective and timely manner.
2) General Customer Service Functions:
- Contribute to an environment where customers can comfortably and confidently place orders for their transportation needs. This will include such tasks as:
- Communicate with relevant customer personnel regarding all issues surrounding the movement of loads.
- Monitor loads as required.
- Work with customers to establish new relationships and make sure we are fulfilling current needs.
What Will You Need to Succeed?
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Experience in transportation is required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Strong PC skills – Windows, MS Office Suite.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
Work Location: In person
